The Role of Criminal Law in Overcoming Negative Content on Social Media : A Perspective on Information Law And Electronic Transactions

Abstract

The Electronic Information and Transaction Law (UU ITE) in Indonesia has become the legal basis for overcoming negative content on social media. The ITE Law aims to regulate and supervise electronic transactions and provide legal protection for users and electronic service providers. Regarding the problems studied in this study, the authors chose the following approach: 1) statutory approach, 2) analytical approach, 3) conceptual approach, and 4) case approach. In this way, we can conclude that Law Number 19 of 2016 concerning Information and Electronic Transactions has a role in being able to ensnare perpetrators of uploading negative content on social media as a criminal element for uploads in the form of decency.